Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement Re: Waterproof unsealed old brick wall 2Jun 11, 2016 10:08 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Waterproof unsealed old brick wall 5Jun 12, 2016 10:38 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Waterproof unsealed old brick wall 6Jun 12, 2016 11:43 am Building Services Engineer Renovating our 1960's modernist home in Brisbane https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=82091 Re: Waterproof unsealed old brick wall 7Jun 20, 2016 10:10 pm Pretty good theory - I have the original council plans and it has always been freestanding. The adjacent terraces support your theory. However, there was definitely a low rise structure between the walls previously. The neighbours also had exposed brick although they appeared to have used a much more aggressive sand blaster (early 80's??) and their wall essentially had no flat surface - whereas it intact on ours. The double width block was one of the attractive features when it was bought... lots of potential... 1960sModernistHome Is it at all possible that at some point in the past there was another terrace home in between yours and your neighbour? (where the carport is). If so, maybe the wall was not intended to be an "external" wall? I am saying that double brick has similar thermal performance due to thermal mass effect. It will be still very interesting to see the state of your framing after 10-15… 10 29740 can’t tell from the photo, a tie down rod will be 12mm, is it a steel beam? he should be able to work it out 1 4439 Thank you alexp79 and gommeqld for your advice, that's very helpful, thanks 3 7865 |